Garment hanger and brush



- C.' L. LEONARD.

GARMEN'T HANGER AND BRUSH.

APPLICATION man Aue. 1a. 1920.

1,409,738. Patented Mar. 14, 1922.

Ig gwwwo'a C. L'.LEoNAR UNITED STATES .PATENT OFFICE.

CASWELL L. LEONARD, OF CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI.

GARMENT HANGER AND BRUSH.

Application filed August 13, 1920. Serial No. 403,262.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CAswELL LEE LEON- ARD, 4citizen of the United States, residing at Corinth, in the county of Alcorn and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment Hangers and Brushes, of which the folleying is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

The present invention relates to a garment hanger, adapted especially for suspending trousers7 and aims to provide a novel and improved device of that character, which is simple and 'inexpensive in construction and manufacture, as well as being thoroughly practical and eiiicient in use.

A further object is the provision of such a hanger, constructed chiefly of a length of wire or similar stock, having means for suspending it and means for receiving the garment, in combination with a bar or member slidably mounted to clamp the garment.

A further object is the pro-vision of such a device incorporating thereinV a clothes brush, for convenience in brushing the garments or clothes, Vand combining both a garment hanger and clothes brush in one unit or device.

With the foregoingand other objects in view, which will be apparent as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinatter described and claimed, it being understood that changes can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the panying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device showing a garment supported thereby.

Fig. 2 is a rear view of the device.

Fig. 3 is an end view thereof.

The body or frame of the hanger is bent from a single length of suitable stout wire or similalYi stock, and has the rear horizontal clamping member 6 provided intermediate its ends with an upstanding doubled portion 7 formed with a loop 8 at its upper end for engaging over a nail, hook or the like, for conveniently suspending the hanger and garment. VThe member 6 is provided at its opposite ends with upwardly-extending portions 9, from the upper ends of which portions 10 extend horizontally forward, and guide portions 11 extend downwardly and LCCOID- rearwardly in an inclined position from the forward ends of the portions 10 and converge downwardly with respect to the portions 9, whereby said portions 9, 10 and 11 form upst-anding loops having lower throats for receiving the trousers or other garment, which can be readily inserted within such loops in front of the clamping member 6.

A bar 12 of wood or other suitable material is slidably mounted on the guide portions 11, parallel with the member 6, and is movable in an inclined or oblique plane. Thus, when the bar 12 is slid upwardly to the dotted line position, as seen in Fig. 3, said bar is moved forwardly away from the vertical plane of the member 6 and portions 7 and 9, whereby the garment can be readily placed within the loops formed by the portions 9, 10 and 11, and the bar 12 is then slid downwardly, so as to be shifted toward the member 6, thereby clamping the garment between said member 6 and bar 12. The bar 12 can thus accommodate garments of various thicknesses within the hanger, and the weight of the garment has a tendency to pull the bar 12 downwardly, thereby increasing the grip of the hanger on the garment to prevent the accidental detachment of the garment. The garment, however, is readily released by raising the bar 12, and said bar is prevented from moving off of the guide portions 11, which have their lower terminals 13 bent at an angle to serve as stops for limiting the downward movement of said bar.

The device also includes a clothes brush, which uses the bar 12 as the back thereof, suitable bristles 14 being carried by said bar at the forward side thereof, whereby the device can be conveniently used for brushing the clothes, thus combining a clothes hanger and brush in one.

Y In' using the device as a clothes brush, with the bar 12 frictionally engaging the member 67 the portion 7 and loop 8 can be used as a handle for conveniently manipib lating the brush, and extends at an obtuse angle relatively to the bristles for convenience in brushing.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed' as new is A garment hanger comprising a single length of wire bent to form a substantially horizontal clamping member havingl an upstanding doubled portion between its ends :for suspending the hanger, upwardly-extending portions at the ends of said inember, portions extending from the upper ends of said portionslztterally to one side, and 5 guide portions extending downwardly at an angle from the last named portions and converging downwardly with respect to the first named portions, and a bar 4slidable on said guide portions to move to one side of said clamping member, said guide portions 10 having their lower ends bent to limit the downward movement of said loer.V

In testimony whereof I hereuntoaix my signature.

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